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Bolivar R‑I prepares handbook changes after new cell‑phone law; staff outlines AMI and parent communication plans
Summary
District staff told the board it will update student handbooks to reflect a pending state law banning cell‑phone use during the school day, outlined an AMI plan for inclement weather, and proposed district communications and teacher support for enforcement.
District administrators briefed the Bolivar R‑I Board on proposed student handbook language tied to a new state cell‑phone law and on the district’s Alternative Method of Instruction (AMI) plan.
Doctor Garber said draft handbook language — prepared ahead of a likely gubernatorial signature on Senate Bill 68 — would ban phone use during the school day from the tardy bell to dismissal, with…
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